Here's the book I'm reading and contemplating in the month of February: Crazy Love by Francis Chan. I heard about it a la Amy Cunningham - yet another reason why I call her one of my most precious gems. She's reading it, too, and I look forward to having great conversations about it with her.
If you're looking for a new book, I'd love to have great conversations with you, too. February is the month of love, of course, so I figured what better way to focus on love than centering on the "crazy love" I feel for God? Life moves fast, and I don't want to miss it. I want to see those who matter most in the optimal light of both the real and ideal because I know when others see me both as I can be and as I brutally am, I'm the better for it. Now, God doesn't need to be better. But I sure do. I want to.
This month, I'm also stepping out to love especially closely the people I call my "core." Whether it's babysitting, double dating, meal-making, card-sending, or phone-calling, I'm intentionally pursuing them lest their vivid knowledge of how much I love and value them dims. This includes my kids, my closest girlfriends (you know who you are), our closest couple friends, and family. The calendar may be full, but their love banks will be, too.
I want the love in my life to be crazy. I want a living epitaph that reads, "That girl knows how to love." No, I don't want to boast or brag - but I do want to love. I want to love with patience and kindness, giving beyond myself without a record of wrongs. I want to live crazy love.
How do you want to love?
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